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Longfist Kung Fu Fundamentals — 12 wk. Series
Move Like You’ve Never Moved Before Authentic Kung Fu —Traditional Methods for Body & Mind There’s more to Kung Fu than flying through the air or kicking butt in a dark alley. Encompassing strategy, health preservation, efficient movement, strength-building, cooperation, … Continue reading
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Tagged chinese martial arts, santa cruz kung fu, santa cruz martial arts, traditional chinese kung fu
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Free Livestream Qigong Class, Thursday, March 19
Next session, Sunday, March 21, at 10am PDT, on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/953395301 Â Our friend and colleague, Sally Chang, sent this to us this morning… With news in a nosedive, I decided to offer this Qigong class FREE for EVERYBODY. No … Continue reading
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Tai Chi For Health, 3 month class starts January 8
• Learn a complete form in just three months • Traditional, fluid, moving meditation • Small Class, detailed instruction • Emphasis on correct posture and form for health, balance, and vitality • Authentic martial structure for strength and flexibility • … Continue reading
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Tagged martial art of tai chi, santa cruz tai chi, santa cruz tai chi class, Santa Cruz Tai Chi workshop, santa cruz taijiquan, tai chi as martial art, Tai Chi Chaun, tai chi chinese medicine, tai chi class, tai chi class santa cruz, Tai Chi for health, tai chi for health class, Tai Chi Santa Cruz, Taijiquan
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Tai Chi Straight Sword–Basics Class
Hoping for this class to return in January! For the first time, the Academy adds an 8 week Tai Chi Straight Sword class to our revolving workshop menu. If you are intrigued, in general, by the straight sword—it being one … Continue reading
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Here they are at the 2019 Tiger Claw tournament in San Jose, promoting Plumpub and our studio and style, Bak Sil Lum.
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Tai Chi Partner Work: Deepen Your Practice
New Class Starting October 17, 2018 This 6 week class, co-taught by Ted Mancuso and Narrye Caldwell, is a perfect way to improve your Tai Chi skills, and take your practice to the next level. Not only will you have … Continue reading
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Tagged narrye caldwell, Tai Chi, tai chi chin na, tai chi partner work, tai chi push hands, Tai Chi Santa Cruz, Taijiquan, taijiquan santa cruz, ted mancuso, yang style tai chi
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Tai Chi for Health: Deepen Your Practice
Great news! We have just added a new 6 week class, starting April 25, to our very popular Tai Chi for Health Series. This one’s for intermediate students, those who have completed the short Tai Chi set at the Academy … Continue reading
Tai Chi For Health: Deepen Your Practice
New Class Starting April 25, 2018 Finally! This new 6 week class, co-taught by Ted Mancuso and Narrye Caldwell, is a perfect way to improve your Tai Chi skills, and take your practice to the next level. Not only will … Continue reading
The Teacher’s Teacher
Last Sunday, I got a double-treat: my teacher, Adam Hsu, is in town for a couple of weeks and I had the opportunity to not only see and spend time with him, but to make his Long Fist Kung Fu … Continue reading
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Tagged academy of martial & internal arts, Adam Hsu, santa cruz kung fu, teaching kung fu, ted mancuso
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25th Anniversary Kung Fu Tai Chi Tournament
Join us for the Kung Fu Tai Chi 25th Anniversary Festival and tournament in San Jose on May 19-21. We don’t get out much—certainly not as much as we would like—but this year we are showing up to celebrate Tiger … Continue reading
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Workshop Report: The Fine Art of Choking
A demonstration and workshop on the fine art of choking was a change in schedule for the Saturday morning Kung Fu class last week. Black sash instructor, Mike Gruber—highly knowledgeable about Kung Fu, and an expert Judo player—opened the class, … Continue reading
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Tagged kung fu chokes, Kung Fu Santa Cruz, kung fu self defense, martial arts santa cruz
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2016 New Classes and Seminars
We offer authentic, traditional training and experiences in the treasure that is Chinese martial arts and energetics. The Academy is Santa Cruz’s oldest Chinese martial arts school. For more than 25 years we have built a community of students and … Continue reading
Martial Arts and Feng Shui
Traditional kung fu schools are not known for being pretty. Most martial artists can report a long history of working out night after night in basements, garages, parking lots, and warehouses. I taught my first Tai Chi class 30 years … Continue reading
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Tagged amrtial arts, Feng SHui, feng shui for health, narrye caldwell
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Feng Shui for Health
Classical Feng Shui confirms the view that humans are intimately connected to the natural environment. The same energies that animate the world around us also move through our own bodies and contribute directly to our health and vitality. This seminar … Continue reading
Fundamentals of Kung Fu: 6 Week Class
What do you know about Kung Fu? Kung Fu is so many things, and if we limit ourselves to what we see in the movies we are really cutting short most of its greatness. As a 5000 year old art, … Continue reading
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